{"id":11129,"date":"2017-01-19T16:03:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=11129"},"modified":"2017-01-19T16:21:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:21:54","slug":"broken-pensions-promises-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=11129","title":{"rendered":"Broken pensions promises protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Pictured are some of the six hundred Unite members that took strike action today (January 19)\u00c2\u00a0at the Atomic Weapons Establishment&#8217;s (AWE) two sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire, as part of a\u00c2\u00a048 hours protest over pensions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Len McCluskey met workers on the picket line\u00c2\u00a0bringing the\u00c2\u00a0solidarity of the union\u00c2\u00a0to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098broken promises\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pensions\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 dispute that stems from AWE workers being transferred from the Ministry of Defence to the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite general secretary Len McCluskey told members, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIn the early 1990s, the then-Tory government made iron-clad promises to AWE workers regarding the future of their pensions, once they transferred to the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThese promises have now been broken as the AWE bosses want to slash the retirement incomes by jettisoning the current defined benefit pension scheme. Our members could lose thousands of pounds when they retire, which is a disgrace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11132\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/awe3-640x1024.jpg\" alt=\"awe3\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/awe3-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/awe3-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/awe3-768x1228.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is clear that this pledge has been broken and you, our members, feel deeply betrayed.\u00c2\u00a0You have Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 100 per cent support and solidarity in this dispute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Unite general secretary added, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe call upon defence secretary Michael Fallon to honour those pension pledges made 25 years ago.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A further 48 hours action will take place on Monday, January 30.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11133\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/awe2-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"awe2\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/awe2-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/awe2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/awe2-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Pics by Mark Thomas<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured are some of the six hundred Unite members that took strike action today (January 19)\u00c2\u00a0at the Atomic Weapons Establishment&#8217;s (AWE) two sites at Aldermaston and Burghfield in Berkshire, as part of a\u00c2\u00a048 hours protest over pensions. &nbsp; Len McCluskey met workers on the picket line\u00c2\u00a0bringing the\u00c2\u00a0solidarity of the union\u00c2\u00a0to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098broken promises\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pensions\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 dispute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[664,270],"wps_subtitle":"AWE strike joined by Unite GS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11136,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11129\/revisions\/11136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}